Car-fender.



, No. l761,612'. l l Y PA-.NTEDMAY, 1904i,-

- n. G..J.'SAND1FER.

lCAR FENDER.

Arrnronron rILnnrnB. 26. 1904.

no MODEL.

:fm: Nonnls Evans co. momumo.. WASHINGTON, D4 c.

UNITED STATES Patented May 31,2190@` PATENT OFFICE.

lROBERT Gr. J. SANDIFER, OF HANNIBAL, MISSOURI, lASSIGNOR OF ONE- VHALFTO ISAAC II. CHRISTOPHER, OF HANNIBAL, MISSOURI.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters ratent No. 761,612, dated May 31,1904. Application filed rebmfy 25,1904.. semi No. 195,258.` (No model.)

To @LZ whom it irl/ty concern/r Beit known that I, ROBERT G; J.SANDIFER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Han-V nibal, inthe county of Marion and State of Missouri', haveinventeda new anduseful Oar- Fender, of which the following is a specifica- Thisinvention relates to carefenders,vv and has for its objects to produce acomparativelysimple inexpensive devicelof this character which may bereadily operated andone which in practice Will effectually prevent aperson or other'obstruction upon the track being struck by anapproaching car.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel features of constructionand combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

or timber 2 for sustaining the fender and its operating mechanism,which.. are attached to and carried thereby.

Secured at its rear end centrally to and projecting forwardly from thetimber 2 is a horizontal guide rod or member 3,`on which is slidablymounted for longitudinal reciproca# tion a sleeve or collar 4, therebeing provided upon the forward end of the guide a rubber or othersuitable bucking-head 5, while the sleeve is provided with a pair ofspaced ears 6, between which is pivoted or otherwise secured the forwardend of an operating member, preferably in the form of a rack-bar 7,

extended rearwardly through an opening or other guideway 8, formedthrough thetimberand' platform. ,The teeth of the operatingrack areengaged by agear orother actuating device 9, xed upon a vertical shaft10,stepped at its lower end in a bearing 11 beneath the platform andprovided at its upper end witha suitable operatingcrank 12. Itisapparent.

from this arrangement that whenthe shaft is rotated in one direction thesleeve 4 will be moved` forwardlyon its guide and rearwardly on thelatter when the shaft is rotated in the other direction. y Y Pivoted attheir rear ends to the timber 2 to swing in a horizontal plane is a pairof oppo- -sitely disposed forwardly converging guard -members or wings13, which normally lie in closedv position with their forward ends meetfin g in advance of the forward end of the guide 3, attention beingdirected to the fact thatthese members cooperate to produce a primaryfender, which adjacent to its rear end is of a transverse width somewhatgreater than the transverse width of the car for a purpose which Willlater appear. The guards 13, which are preferably composed each from asingle length of suitable rod metal .bent to the form as herein shownfor producing a pair of vertically-spaced frame-bars 14, are connected.'respectively,.with the sleeve 4, each by means of a pair of-rods orsimilar connecting elements 15, pivoted at their inner ends tothe sleeveand at their outer ends, respectively, to the frame-bars 14 at a pointadjacent to the forward end of the guard, whichlatter has disposedbetween its frame-bars a filling` 16, of wire fabric or the like.

Pivoted to the timber 2te swing in a vertical plane is ahorizontally-disposed supplemental guard or fender 17, comprising a'supporting-frame formed, preferably,1 from a single piece of metal andof a length to extend transversely across the car-track, this framebeing provided with a suitable filling of wire network.

In practice the guards 13 normally occupy the dotted position, as inFig. 2, .with the sleeve 4 disposed rearwardly on the guide 3, the partsbeing retained in this position through the medium ofthe rack-bar 7 andgear 9. With the parts in this position if thefender comes in contactwith a person or otherob-1 struction upon thetrack lthe shaft vismanipulated for moving the sleeve'4 forward through the medium of thegear and rack-bar, thereby opening the guards to the full-line position,

as seen in Fig. 2, and throwing the obstruction to one side of thetrack. It is to be noted in this connection that the obstructionwill,owing to the rear portion of the wings lying in a transverse planebeyond the sides of the carbe moved entirely out of the path of thelatter. Should a person be caught between the guards of the primaryfender, they will be thrown onto the secondary fender.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple eliicient device isproduced which is admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends inview; but it is to be understood that minor changes may be made in thedetails herein set forth without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus described the invention,vwhat is claimed is--.

l. In a device of the class described, the combination with a ear, of apair of normally closed forwardly-converging guards pivotally connectedwith the car to swing in a horizontal plane and adapted when closed toproject at apoint between their ends beyond the transverse plane of thecar, a guide projecting forwardly from the latter, a sleeve slidablyconnected with the guide, operative connections between the sleeveandguide, and means for actuating the sleeve to operate the guards.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a car, of apair of normally closed forwardly-converging guards pivotally connectedwith the car to swing in a horizontal plane and adapted when closed toproject at a point between their ends beyond the transverse plane of thecar, a guide projecting forwardly from the latter, a sleeve slidablyconnected with the guard, rods connecting the sleeve and guards, andmeans for operating the sleeves to actuate the guards.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination witha car, ofapair of normally closed forwardly-converging guards pivotally connectedwith the car to swing in a horizontal plane and adapted when closed toproject at a point between their ends beyond the transverse plane of theear, a guide projecting forwardly from the car, a sleeve slidablyconnected with the guide, operative connections between the guards andsleeve, an operating member connected with the latter, and means foractuating the operating member.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a car, of apair of normally closed forwardly-converging guards pivotal] y connectedwith the car to swing in a horizontal plane and adapted when closed toproject atapoint between their ends beyond the transverse plane of thecar, a guide projecting forwardly from the car, a sleeve slidablyconnected with the guide, operative connections between the guards andsleeve, a rack-bar connected with the latter, an operating-shaft, and apinion carried by the shaft and engaging the rack-bar.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a car, of apair of coperating guards pivotally connected with the latter to swingin a horizontal plane, a guide projecting forwardly from the car, asleeve slidably connected with the guide, operative connections betweenthe guards and sleeve, and means for actuating the latter to operate theguards.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with a car, of apair of coperating guards pivotally connceted with thelatter to swing ina horizontal plane, a guide projecting forwardly from the car, a sleeveslidably connected with the guide, operative connections between theguards and sleeve, a rack-bar connected with the latter, anoperating-shaft, anda pinion carried by the shaft and engaging therack-bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBT. G. J. SANDIFER.

Witnesses IRA LEROY SPRIGGs, F. P. MCINTYRE.

